‘Girls’: Hannah’s Gay Dad Peter Slari – The Hollywood Reporter

peter who played hanna horvath's gay father tad on girls

The actor reflects on his character’s evolutn om Hannah’s (Lena Dunham) dad to a gay man on his own journey.

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"GIRLS" SHOCKER: HANNAH'S FATHER COM OUT OF THE {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY EVAN ROSS KATZMARCH 9, 2015/10:35 AMBY EVAN ROSS KATZMARCH 9, 2015 / 10:35 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"\"GIRLS\" SHOCKER: HANNAH'S FATHER COM OUT OF THE CLOSET","DATEPUBLISHED":"2015-03-09T14:35:16.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2015-03-09T14:35:16.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"EVAN ROSS KATZ","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"HANNAH, YOUR FATHER IS GAY,” LOREEN REVEALS TO HER DGHTER OVER THE PHONE. "UHHH..." SHE RPONDS, HER EY DART AROUND HER BEDROOM, AS THE SCREEN TURNS BLACK AND THE CREDS BEG TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TAD HORVATH, PLAYED SUBTLY TO GREAT EFFECT BY PETER SLARI, HAS BEEN AN TEGRAL PART OF GIRLS SCE 'S PREMIERE EPISO FOUR SEASONS AGO. HE SERV NOT JT AS THE FATHER OF THE SHOW'S PROTOGANIST(ISH) LEAD, BUT AS A GUIDG FORCE OF SUPPORT AND UNNDNAL LOVE–A TRA NOT ALWAYS MIRRORED BY HIS WIFE, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OFTEN ED AS A FERENTIAL CHARACTER THE GIRLS ETHER, TAD STEPPED TO THE SPOTLIGHT ON LAST NIGHT'S EPISO REVEALG THAT HE WAS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THIS WAS AN EXECUTIVE CISN AT GIRLS TO FO THE GLIB WAY THIS STORY MIGHT HAVE BEEN TOLD AND TELL HOW WE ARE TELLG ,” SLARI TOLD THE DAILY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RELATED: ZACHARY QUTO TEAS “GIRLS” NU SCENE: “YOU WILL SEE A LOT OF ME”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SLARI WAS FIRST ALERTED TO THIS TURN OF EVENTS BY THE FIRST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR AND -SHOW NNER JENNI KONNER DURG FILMG OF THE SEASON PREMIERE. "THEY SAID TAD TO THIS PLACE AFTER ALL THE YEARS WHERE YOU FALLY FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE TO SEIZE THE MOMENT AND MAKE THE TERMATN ABOUT HOW YOU’RE GOG TO LIVE YOUR LIFE. YOU’RE GOG TO E OUT."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GIRLS VOTE IMMEDIATELY TOOK TO SOCIAL MEDIA RELLG THE SEASON 1 EPISO WHICH HANNAH'S GAY EX-BOYIEND, ELIJAH, FORETOLD LAST NIGHT'S PLOT TWIST:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:75%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SLARI EXPLAED THAT THAT IMPROVISED LE WAS BASED ON AN ACTUAL EVENT:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I LEFT MY OWN PERSONAL, OCSNALLY PRETENT STUD EARRG MY LEFT EAR WHILE WE WERE FILMG. I NEVER TEND TO DO THAT AND MA THE AIR. AND THAT WAS THAT, AND I WAS GLAD I DIDN’T GET TROUBLE FOR . BUT ANDREW UGHT WHEN HE WAS A FAN OF THE SHOW, BEFORE HE GUT-STARRED FOR THE FIRST TIME. IT WENT TO HIS FILE, THIS BRILLIANT MD OF HIS, AND HE ED AS A WEAPON TO ARGUE WH HANNAH WHAT WAS OTHERWISE AN IMPROVISED EXCHANGE. MY WIFE, TRACY, AND I JT HOWLED WHEN WE SAW . I SAID, 'OH, SH, I’VE BEEN FOUND OUT.'{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THEY’VE BEEN CREDIBLY SUCCSFUL AS PARTNERS," SLARI MENTED ON HIS ON-SCREEN MARRIAGE. "THERE’S A PARADOX. ULTIMATELY, AS THE NSEQUENC OF HIS SELF-TERMATN BEG TO FORM, THERE’S A PROGRAM OF SUFFERG THAT’S UNAVOIDABLE. NOT BEE HE WAS LIVG A LIE, BUT BEE HE LIVED SOMETHG THAT WAS VERY TE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CHECK OUT A SNEAK PEAK OF NEXT WEEK'S PENULTIMATE EPISO WHERE HANNAH BEGS TO GRAPPLE WH THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE NEWS:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

Joe: As this episo did, we should start wh the big one: Hannah’s father, Tad Horvath, played wh perfect passivy by Peter Slari, is gay. a ssn, when he tells his wife, Loreen (Becky Ann Baker), that he’s “been thkg lately” that he is gay.

She ph back: “You’re not gay, ” she says, “I thk. — by blurtg out, “Hannah, your father is gay! gay male porn do not make you a gay man.

your dad is gay. I thought: Eher he has termal ncer or he’s gay. But somethg was brewg even-tempered Tad, who seemed to have a happy, sexual relatnship wh his wife Loreen (played by Becky Ann Baker), even gettg isky on their anniversary that Season 2 episo until he's left naked and unnsc on the bathroom me as a shock to some when watchg this week's episo, tled "Tad & Loreen & Avi & Shanaz, " that Tad tells his wife he's gay.

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